Oct 30 (LNGJ) - French energy major Total reported a tumble in net income to $202 million in the third quarter from $2.80 billion in the same three months of 2019. This followed second-quarter 2020 write-downs that led to a loss of $8.36Bln.
LNG sales by Total rose 20 percent in the third quarter to 6.6 million tonnes from 5.5MT in the prior-year quarter. Nine-month LNG sales amounted to 23.2MT, up 27 percent from the 18.3MT logged in the third quarter of 2019. “Upstream carries the Group’s results with adjusted net operating income of $1.1 billion, notably thanks to low production costs, despite lower LNG prices and lower production,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné.
